[Bug 348029] Re: text input field for grub install device

[Phillip Susi]

This is intentional; only valid locations are shown.  There should be no
need to enter destinations by hand.


** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  text input field for grub install device

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  In the kubuntu gui installer in jaunty (daily live 24. March), on the last screen, where you can select "Advanced..." to, for instance, opt in the package survey, you can also select the device for grub to be installed on.
  But: you can only select a device from a drop-down list, and that drop down list doesn't show all partitions available on the hard drive. (See also Screenshot).
  That field should be a free-form text-entry, so you can enter stuff like (hd0, 3) or /dev/sda7 to get grub being installed on another partition and not on the mbr of the hd. This makes sense, because if you have multiple (linux) os, you can use one "main" grub and add chainloader +1 entries to load the "secondary grubs" with their secondary os.

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